Viddy
Sr. Member
- Aug 16, 2011
- 447
- 220
- Detector(s) used
- Xterra 705, F2, Etrac, T2, V3i, AT Pro, CTX3030, Equinox 800, Vanquish 540, Go-Find 66, F5, Q60, Apex
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I went to my first seeded hunt yesterday. It was the Annual Spring Hunt for a small local club I joined. It was quite fun and different from normal treasure hunting, as you can expect.
We had a pavillion in a park and the outdoor area at the VFW building in the park. They flagged off 2 fields, a big field and a smaller field The big field was for 176 Ikes, halves, clad quarters, gold dollars, and red painted quarters. You could trade the red quarters in for silvers like mercs and barbers. They didn't want to bury the silvers and have some not found. They have this knife-like-tool that you slide into the turf and slide a coin down it into the ground. They had some coins just under the surface, some down about 3 inches, some at an angle, some on edge, and some 2-3 coins stuck together. The second field was for these 2" brass tags. each tag had a number on it, 1-30. The numbers were for a prize package. You could find 2 tags and then you had to leave the field. Two prize packes max.
I went with 'Digger Bee' my girlfriend and Paul 'Tylerope' from on here. I decided to use my Etrac, as it makes a very distinct sound when you hit the slightest silver or those quarters ikes and halves. it makes you stop in your tracks automatically. Digger Bee and Tylerope used their AT Pros. We all did pretty well. The big field hunt took about an hour. The first 1/2 hour goes really fast as you hit targets every few feet. The second 1/2 hour starts slowing down as you are trying to hit areas people didn't cross or those iffy targets of coins on edge. There was a total of 15 of us and with the size of the field, it worked out good. No one really got in another person's way or space. Big enough that my Etrac and a few other's multi-frequency detectors didn't interfere with other people's signal.
I ended up with: 5 Ikes, 10 halves, 1 Saquajawaha, 30 clad quarters, and 5 painted quarters that I traded in for mercs.
When we hit the second field I found my 2 brass tags real quick. I think I was the third person done. There was 15 of us and 30 tags so it worked out good. 2 tags per person. The last 2 people couldn't find their second tags so after a while they asked if we could all help out and we did. A few sweeps by the group and they were found.
We traded in our tags for the prize packages. Garrett donated a prize package worth about $700 worth of gear including nice headphones, diggers, detector bags, hats, shirts, pouches, and other stuff. A few local businesses donated some stuff for the packages. There were also some old coins as a prize package. I ended up winning a 1941 walking liberty in really great shape, and a misc prize pack with a Garrett hat, beer can coozie, coin pouch, day palnner and some other stuff.
We had a 50/50 raffle and another raffle for a John Adams presidential dollar display. Uncirculated and on the back are two unissued stamps. One a June 3, 1938 2-cent and the other a June 12, 1950 3-cent. I ended up winning the John Adams display in the raffle!
After the hunt we all headed over to the VFW building and had a nice buffet. Everyone brought 1-2 covered dishes. We had 15 of us, brought brought enough food for 30 people so we invited some Vets that were doing something there to the building to join us for lunch. They really enjoyed chatting about metal detecting and sharing some stories and stuff with a few of the Vets we had in our group.
Here's a bunch of pictures from the Spring Hunt as well as what I got to take home.
We had a pavillion in a park and the outdoor area at the VFW building in the park. They flagged off 2 fields, a big field and a smaller field The big field was for 176 Ikes, halves, clad quarters, gold dollars, and red painted quarters. You could trade the red quarters in for silvers like mercs and barbers. They didn't want to bury the silvers and have some not found. They have this knife-like-tool that you slide into the turf and slide a coin down it into the ground. They had some coins just under the surface, some down about 3 inches, some at an angle, some on edge, and some 2-3 coins stuck together. The second field was for these 2" brass tags. each tag had a number on it, 1-30. The numbers were for a prize package. You could find 2 tags and then you had to leave the field. Two prize packes max.
I went with 'Digger Bee' my girlfriend and Paul 'Tylerope' from on here. I decided to use my Etrac, as it makes a very distinct sound when you hit the slightest silver or those quarters ikes and halves. it makes you stop in your tracks automatically. Digger Bee and Tylerope used their AT Pros. We all did pretty well. The big field hunt took about an hour. The first 1/2 hour goes really fast as you hit targets every few feet. The second 1/2 hour starts slowing down as you are trying to hit areas people didn't cross or those iffy targets of coins on edge. There was a total of 15 of us and with the size of the field, it worked out good. No one really got in another person's way or space. Big enough that my Etrac and a few other's multi-frequency detectors didn't interfere with other people's signal.
I ended up with: 5 Ikes, 10 halves, 1 Saquajawaha, 30 clad quarters, and 5 painted quarters that I traded in for mercs.
When we hit the second field I found my 2 brass tags real quick. I think I was the third person done. There was 15 of us and 30 tags so it worked out good. 2 tags per person. The last 2 people couldn't find their second tags so after a while they asked if we could all help out and we did. A few sweeps by the group and they were found.
We traded in our tags for the prize packages. Garrett donated a prize package worth about $700 worth of gear including nice headphones, diggers, detector bags, hats, shirts, pouches, and other stuff. A few local businesses donated some stuff for the packages. There were also some old coins as a prize package. I ended up winning a 1941 walking liberty in really great shape, and a misc prize pack with a Garrett hat, beer can coozie, coin pouch, day palnner and some other stuff.
We had a 50/50 raffle and another raffle for a John Adams presidential dollar display. Uncirculated and on the back are two unissued stamps. One a June 3, 1938 2-cent and the other a June 12, 1950 3-cent. I ended up winning the John Adams display in the raffle!
After the hunt we all headed over to the VFW building and had a nice buffet. Everyone brought 1-2 covered dishes. We had 15 of us, brought brought enough food for 30 people so we invited some Vets that were doing something there to the building to join us for lunch. They really enjoyed chatting about metal detecting and sharing some stories and stuff with a few of the Vets we had in our group.
Here's a bunch of pictures from the Spring Hunt as well as what I got to take home.
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